‘Super Roofs’ Are Rewarding Insurers, Cat Bond Investors and Homeowners December 1, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman For years, experts have discussed whether cat bonds could do more than just clean up after disasters—whether they could incentivize...
Diverse Candidates Running for California Insurance Commissioner May 7, 2018 By BRIAN MELLEY One way or another, California’s next insurance commissioner will be the first of his kind. The June 5 primary features...
Tech Entrepreneur Poizner Wants Insurance Commissioner Job Back February 14, 2018 By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Tech entrepreneur and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced Monday he’s running to take back his old seat as California’s...
Evidence of Declining Costs Prompts Jones to Request Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction October 28, 2016 After finding that costs to insurers in the workers’ compensation system are declining, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones asked that...
Mercury Insurance Faces $27.6M Fine for Wrongful Fees in California January 14, 2015 California’s insurance commissioner is ordering Mercury Insurance to pay a $27.6 million fine for charging wrongful fees to its auto...
UnitedHealth’s $173M Fine a Warning to P/C Insurers July 31, 2014 By Don Jergler A decision by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to fine UnitedHealth Group $173.6 million for violations having to do with...
California Commissioner: $160M in Homeowner’s Rate Reductions February 11, 2013 An average of a 12.6 percent insurance rate reductions is in store for California homeowners insured with State Farm General...